Nutcracker.



A. HUBERTH.

NUTGRACKER. APPLICATION FILED 0GT.23,1909

64,259., Patented July 12,1910.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Julyilfi, ram.

hpplication filed October 28, 1909. Serial No. 524,118.

- To all whom it may concern:

in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention has general reference to improvements in nut-crackers;and it consists, essentially, in the novel and peculiar combination ofparts and details of cbnstrucb it tion, as hereinafter first fully setforth and described, and then ointed out in the claims. In the drawingsa ready referred to, which serve to illustrate this invention morefully,

Figure 1 is a side-elevation of my improved nut-cracker. Fig. 2 is asimilar view, partly in section, theeectional portion being on line w mof Fig. Fig. 3 is an end-elevation. Fig. 4 is a seotienal plan on lineyy of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is aside-elevation of a nut-cracker slightlymodified, a portion of the clamp being omitted. F 6 is a sectional planon line 2 a of hi 5, ike parts being designated 'correspon ingcharacters of reference in the figures.

The object of this invention is the produc= tion of an efficient,serviceable, and durable nut-cracker, thatcan be readily manufacturedand sold at reasonable cost. It comprises a main body A, consistin of aheadportion 12, having on one end a ownwardlyprojecting bar 13, from thelower end of which projects a'-T-shaped bar 14, parallel with thehead-portion 12, and having at its end a curved incision 15, providedwith transverselyarranged serrations or teeth 16. From the forward endof this T-shaped bar projects downwardly a bar 17, the end of which isturned at right angles parallel with the bar 14, and terminating in aninternally screw-threaded head 18, within which is located aclamping-screw 19, as clearly illustrated in Figs. 1, 2,-and. 3.

The head-portion 12 is substantially rectan lar incontour, and it has aninternal cav1ty or chamber 20, wherein is located a gear-pinion .21,having journals 22, 23. These journals have their bearings in thesemi-circular ends of slotted a ertures 24, in the sides 25, 26, of thehea portion. 12.

In this head-portion 12 there are verticallydlsposed openings 27,wherein is placed a ram B. This ram B is, preferably, of substantiallycircular cross-section and it is provlded with a series of teeth 28,meshing with the teeth 29 on the pinion 21. On the lower end of the ramB therevis located a head C,- the lower surface of which is curved at30, the curvature being at ri ht angles to the curvature in the T-shapedar 14: for

the object hereinafter to be referred to.

' The cavity or chamber 20 extends through the forward end of thehcad-portion 12, as clearly shown in Fig. 2, so that the pinion 21 maybe placed into this chamber 20 in an obvious manner. This pinion isretained in the chamber 20 by the ram B which is front of the saidpinion, and it has a convenient handle or lever D, by means of which itis oscillated and through it the ram B, .said handle being suitablyfastened upon the journal 23 on the pinion 21.

This device may .be readily clamped upon any tableor other suitableobject E; a nut to be cracked is then placed in the curved and serratedincision 15, and the ram B brought down upon the said nut, (not shown)with suficient force to break its hell.

? It will be observed that the curvature of the serrated'incision andthe curvature 80 in the head of the ram, being at right angles to eachother, the nut to be cracked cannot slip away from the device, a featurenot inherent in any other nut-cracker with which I am acquainted.

It will be further observed that this device is capable of beingproduced at a very reasonable cost owing to the fact that the partscomprising this device are but few in number and can all be readily castcomplete ready for assembling without more than a trifling machining,such as tapping the head 18 for the screw 19, the screw-threading of thelatter, and several other minor manipulations.

I here desire to call attention to the fact that the head-piece with itsdownwardlyprojecting supporting-bar and the clam ing member with itscurved and serrate incision on one of its bars are all produced integralin the process of casting in gray. or malleable iron, thereby reducingthe cost of this device to a minimum. When japanned, or plated with anon ferrous metal, such as tin, zinc, copper or nickel, the device Wlllbe head; an u per, horizontally-di extremely neat in appearance and verydurable and effective in operation.

' I have heretofore described this device as hav' its head-portionformed with the slotte apertures 24 in its sides 25, 26, and the recess20 as extending through the forward part ofsaid head to permit theinsertion of the gear-pinion with its journals therein. Thisconstruction I may, however, modify by providing the head 12 with anopening similar to the recess 20, and by securing a separatel -formed,U-shaped cheekmember 32, to sai head and removably fastcning the same byscrews 33, as clearly illustrated in Figs. 5 and 6. This, and otherminor details of construction may be resorted to, without departing fromthe scope of my invention. a I

Having thus fully described this invention, I claim as new and desire tosecure to me by Letters Patent of the United States- 1. A nut-crackercomprising a substantiall rect ar head, there being in said hea a shamer extending through the front 'wall of said head to afford twoside-walls, there be in said side-walls horizontallydisposed s otsterminating in and passing through said front-wall, and a vertical,substantially circular passage intersected by saiii1S changer and diaidslats in the sidewa a ownwar y pen mg supporting bar projecting from thelower end of said sed bar projecting om the lower endvoi the sup-'porting bar forwardly, there being near the forward end of said upperhorizontal bar an incision having serrations; a vertically-disposedfront-bar projecting downwardly from the front end of the up erhorizontal bar,and a lower horizontal li ar projecting rearwardly. fromthe lower end of-the front bar and substantially parallel with the upperhorizontal bar, the whole being formed integral; a mutilated pinion;journals projecting from the sides of said pinion; a lever secured toone of said journals, said pinion with its journals being ada ted forinsertion into the chamber throug the slotted vertical and horizontalpasse es in said head; a plunger in said vertically disposed passage insaid head and in operative engagement with said pinion, anda removablehead on the lower end of said plunger, the lower face of said head beingcurved, the curvature being at right angles to the curvature of theincision 1n the upper horizontal bar, said pinion being prevented frombeing withdrawn from said head by said plunger, as described.

2.- A nut-cracker, comprising a headpiece; a supporti -member, and aclam ing-member forme integral, there being in said head-piece a chamberopen'at the. forward end of said head-piece, and two oppositely-locatedslots in the sides of said headpiece; a gear-pinion in said chamber;said gear-pinion havin journals engaging said slots; a verticallyisposed ram in said headpiece and in front of said gearinion, and alever on one of said journals or manipulating the gear-pinion and theram, there being on the ram and the head-piece means for locating andretaining a nut to be cracked in proper position and preventing the samefrom slipping.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing,

as my invention, I have hereunto 'set my hand in the presence of twosubscribi witnesses, at Chicago, 111., this 19th day of 0ctober, 1909'.

' ALEXANDER HUBERTH. Attest; I

MICHAEL J. STARK,

A. G. PETERSON.

